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Suspension strut clamp
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jamie_206
PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:18 am Up
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Help! Lol im stuck changing my struts . The clamp that holds it in wont let go ive got the nut off but the bolt wont come out . Has any one had this or got an idea?
 
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Have you tried knocking the bolt back through, with the nut screwed on a little to protect the threads? You can also try and use a chisel and drive it into the gap at the back to open it up so that the strut isnt being held in the top of the hub?
 


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Seabook
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you mean the ball joint bolts?

just tap it out

 
 

 

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jamie_206
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Yea ive hammerd it and it wont budge . As for using a chisel I can get it in but cant really do anything with it due to having no room back there :s
 
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jamie_206 wrote:
Yea ive hammerd it and it wont budge . As for using a chisel I can get it in but cant really do anything with it due to having no room back there :s

Bigger hammer is the answer Razz

To get more room to hit the chisel try and turn the hub to full lock so the back of the hub is closer to the front, so you get more room to use the hammer.

 


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Seabook wrote:
you mean the ball joint bolts?

just tap it out

No mate the clamp that holds the shock absorber to the hub

 
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richpowell91 wrote:
jamie_206 wrote:
Yea ive hammerd it and it wont budge . As for using a chisel I can get it in but cant really do anything with it due to having no room back there :s

Bigger hammer is the answer Razz

To get more room to hit the chisel try and turn the hub to full lock so the back of the hub is closer to the front, so you get more room to use the hammer.
Good advice il give it a go !

 
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Edward
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As suggested, just try a bigger hammer. I t will have been in there a few years but it will come out with a good smack from a heavy hammer. I hope you've bought some new ones to replaced the old stuff?
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It didnt work ! Sad only replaced them last year didnt think they would be so jammed! And yea I got all new bits .
 
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Did you use copper grease on them?
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Yea I think so . It seems like the clamp is pinching the bolt . I got the strut out by about 1cm but it wouldnt come any more .
 
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just changed the 180 suspension to coilovers getting old ones out were a pig but i took trackrod off and spring clamps helped a treat then u just pull the hub and turn it and just keep f*****g around and it will come out Smile
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Did you take the hub off the wishbone first?
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